Jobs / Management and business operations / 13-1081.01
Logistics Engineers
Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.
- US jobs
- 251,040 (SOC 13-1081 group, "Logisticians")
- Median wage
- $82,320 a year
- Job family
- Management and business operations
Can agents do the work of logistics engineers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Management and business operations: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SOP-Bench, 72.4% of tasks completed.
7% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 13-1081 group).
- 23%Analyze data to improve operationsNot measured
- 6%Direct organizational operations, activities, or proceduresNot measured
- 6%Maintain operational recordsMeasured
- 5%Advise others on business or operational mattersNot measured
- 5%Develop operational or technical procedures or standardsNot measured
- 4%Supervise personnel activitiesNot measured
- 4%Analyze business or financial dataNot measured
- 4%Identify business or organizational opportunitiesNot measured
Benchmarks for this occupation
These benchmarks name this occupation in their job mapping.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- 58.2%Codex + GPT-6 Astra (max) · 3 Sep 2026Emerging
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
- 42.9%TTE-MatrixAgent + DeepSeek-V3.2 · 10 Nov 2025Emerging
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
- Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.
- Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.
- Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
- Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
- Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
- Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.
- Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues, such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout.
- Design plant distribution centers.
- Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.
- Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.
- Propose logistics solutions for customers.
Other job titles for this occupation (17)
Acquisition Logistics Engineer · Logistics Engineer · Logistics Specialist · Reliability Engineer · Supportability Engineer · Systems Engineer · Aero Logistics Engineer (Aeronautical Logistics Engineer) · Auto Logistics Engineer (Automotive Logistics Engineer) · Continuous Improvement Specialist · Cost Engineer · Cost Estimating Engineer · Cost Reduction Engineer · Engineer · Logistics Planning Engineer · Logistics Research Engineer · Logistics System Engineer · Procurement Engineer